Golden Oregon, the driest Ghost Town in Oregon
Golden Oregon, the driest Ghost Town in Oregon Golden earned it’s nickname as “The Driest town in Oregon” due to William Ruble’s anti-alcohol ways. He forbid any in town, causing...
Ghost towns of Altamont, Leland, and the Grave Creek Covered Bridge
Ghost towns of Altamont, Leland, and the Grave Creek Covered Bridge Sunny Valley, about fifteen miles north of Grants Pass, Oregon along I-5 is perhaps one of Oregon’s most historic,...
Ghost town of Ortley Oregon
Ghost town of Ortley Oregon The remains of the town of Ortley are currently on Private Property with posted “No Trespassing Signs.” Ortley started out as a planned farming community...
Rowena Oregon, Ghost Town
Rowena Oregon, Ghost Town Rowena Oregon exists only as a suburb of The Dalles now. Located on the Mosier-The Dalles Highway, or the old Columbia River Highway, it was little...
Ghost Town of Kerby, Oregon (Kirbeyville, Napoleon)
Ghost Town of Kerby (Kirbeyville, Napoleon) Kerby is a Class E6 ghost town. This former gold mining town is on US 199, five miles south of Selma, and just north...
Ghost Town of Palmer, Oregon
Ghost Town of Palmer, Oregon There isn’t much history behind Palmer Oregon. It’s about three miles up the hill from Bridal Veil. It was built at about the same time...
Brownsmead Oregon (Ghost Town)
Brownsmead Oregon (Ghost Town) Brownsmead was never a large important city like many other Oregon ghost towns such as Sumpter, Greenhorn or Shaniko. The area was first settled by Finnish...
Ghost Town of Idanha, Oregon
Ghost Town of Idanha, Oregon Modern day Idanha is little more then a collection of houses and a gas station and quick stop market in the middle of nowhere these...
Geneva, Oregon – Ghost Town
Geneva, Oregon – Ghost Town As best as I can tell, Geneva was a very short lived town. It sits south of Grandview and is just as isolated. Perhaps a...
Grandview Oregon, Ghost Town
Grandview Oregon, Ghost Town Grandview is yet another town that only remains in name. Remains of the town were visible up until about 1974, but everything except the cemetery seems...
Ghost Town of Lamonta, Oregon
Ghost Town of Lamonta, Oregon Lamonta gained a post office September, 7th, 1898, and was plated April 1905. The Post Office closed in April 1918. The town was apparently named...
Ghost Town of Waldron Oregon
Ghost Town of Waldron Oregon This is the second time I’ve been “through” Waldron. Luckily this time I was able to stop and get a couple of better pictures of...
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